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not a future jackson or his father ever expected. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> and now, we want you to know about a new consumer alert about a kind of fraud called cramming. small charges $10, $20, $30 secretly inserted onto your credit card bill. small charges that add up to millions of dollars. and today, a big new warning from the ftc. abc's cecilia vega explains. >> reporter: it hits consumers straight in the wallet -- a $30 charge here, $40 there, buried so deep in your credit card bills, you might never even notice it. tens of thousands of americans were hit with what the ftc calls fake fees, charged to your bill by vague financial services like debt 2 wealth, draining more than 24 milli$24 million in all. >> smart of them to steal little amounts at a time hoping consumers just don't notice. these people were already hurting. >> reporter: many of the consumers had recently applied for a payday loan or cash advance when they spotted the charge on the bill and called the toll free number next to it to complain. they e
not a future jackson or his father ever expected. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> and now, we want you to know about a new consumer alert about a kind of fraud called cramming. small charges $10, $20, $30 secretly inserted onto your credit card bill. small charges that add up to millions of dollars. and today, a big new warning from the ftc. abc's cecilia vega explains. >> reporter: it hits consumers straight in the wallet -- a $30 charge here, $40 there, buried so deep...
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. >> reporter: for some, like lisa jackson buying ice and gasoline for her generator it was a lesson learned the hard way. >> i was prepared for three, four days, not for a month. >> reporter: but in the rockaways, getting provisions isn't easy. only a few gas stations are open and the one big supermarket, still closed. >> my brother called me this morning and said -- what's next? pestolence? >> reporter: the expectation tonight, diane is for a lot of snow, high winds, flooding and very likely power outages. people here will remain here in their homes tonight hunkered down and ready for the worst that mother nature has for this community. >> all right, ron, thank you. >>> and from the beginning of this storm beginning to form, sam champion has been tracking the power of the storm as it moved up the coast. so sam, what's ahead tonight? >> reporter: well, good evening, diane. we still got slushy snow on the roads of new york city, but everything's right on schedule. we're watching this injection of cold wintry air get into the moisture of the southern section. the intensification of th
. >> reporter: for some, like lisa jackson buying ice and gasoline for her generator it was a lesson learned the hard way. >> i was prepared for three, four days, not for a month. >> reporter: but in the rockaways, getting provisions isn't easy. only a few gas stations are open and the one big supermarket, still closed. >> my brother called me this morning and said -- what's next? pestolence? >> reporter: the expectation tonight, diane is for a lot of snow, high...
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. >>> jesse jackson jr. faces a possible five years in prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges. the former congressman admitted to stealing $750,000 in campaign funds for his personal gain. memorabilia from michael jackson, jimi hendrix, and bruce lee, home furnishings, and even a rolex watch worth $43,000. he apologized after the hearing saying he simply let everybody down. >>> one body has been recovered from the rubble of that restaurant explosion in kansas city. the blast injured 15 people, 6 of them are still in the hospital. and now there are questions about whether the area should have been evacuated earlier. workers in nearby buildings say they smelled gas hours before that explosion. >>> the center of the nation is being pounded by a major winter storm this morning. warnings and advisories are posted from new mexico to wisconsin. here's abc's weather editor sam champion with more. >> reporter: it started as a brutal wintery blast, covering california with wind, rain and snow. drivers unpr
. >>> jesse jackson jr. faces a possible five years in prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges. the former congressman admitted to stealing $750,000 in campaign funds for his personal gain. memorabilia from michael jackson, jimi hendrix, and bruce lee, home furnishings, and even a rolex watch worth $43,000. he apologized after the hearing saying he simply let everybody down. >>> one body has been recovered from the rubble of that restaurant explosion in kansas city....
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not because it features a likeness of michael jackson. >> that's right. check out michael there, formed from legos and dancing only the way the king of pop could. it's the work of an animator in berlin. >> every time those lego blocks move, another shot has to be taken, and then they had to be edited together. nearly, nearly as impressive as rob doing his own michael jackson. >> the work of animators is pretty impressive. >> i can't even begin to fathom how long that took, and how many people were involved. >> the work they put into that, are you kidding me? >> i can't do anything with a lego. >> i can't compete with that. i'm not even going to try. i've done it before, people have seen it. >> it's friday. >>> coming up, real-life pain for lady gaga and her road to recovery. >> and the road to hollywood fame is especially remarkable for a movie making teenager from afghanistan. he's up for an oscar. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all m
not because it features a likeness of michael jackson. >> that's right. check out michael there, formed from legos and dancing only the way the king of pop could. it's the work of an animator in berlin. >> every time those lego blocks move, another shot has to be taken, and then they had to be edited together. nearly, nearly as impressive as rob doing his own michael jackson. >> the work of animators is pretty impressive. >> i can't even begin to fathom how long that...